RM Recommends Music to MJD

[Strat]

in a new york minute...oooo weee oooooooo

[epilogue]

Don Henley v Billy Joel? Who do you take?

[Strat]

Billy joel all day and night. At I could get him to cover tom waits or something

[epilogue]

He'd only have the balls to cover Jersey Girl, though.

[Strat]

im just glad you didnt point out that one band did a cover of that song

[epilogue]

I'd actually like to hear an in-his-prime Don Henley cover Rosey from Closing Time.

[epilogue]

Also, remember when the Eagles covered Old 55?

[Strat]

ugh

[epilogue]

I actually don't hate their cover of Old 55. It's sugary sweet and glossy but it's also nostalgic as shit.

[mikejasond]

Im not a big Eagles fan.


You guys need to go listen to Billy Joe's The Stranger album and then get back to ME.

[Jorge]

[epilogue]

I like Billy Joel just fine. Gun to head, I'd say I like the Eagles more.

But, yeah, Billy Joel wrote some really classic tunes. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I listen to him from time to time. Not as much as I did before I turned 14, though.

[mikejasond]

Some awesome lesser known Billy Joel songs

On the Steely Dan-esque side:



On the ballad side:


Damn, this is good:


And of course can't get more of a badass piano intro then this one:



Of course my favorite might be Scenes from an italian restaurant, and maybe The Entertainer.

God Billy Joel is amazing sometimes.

[Strat]

god i hate steely dan

[mikejasond]

Billy Joel has written many diverse songs, though he has a couple styles he is best in - I think holding him just to Piano Man and some of his ballads is doing him a big disservice. Though those songs are also great he has a lot more to offer, and I think people don't know how badass some of his songs are.

Of course some of his cheesier songs (Longest Time, River of Dreams(in the Middle of the night) ) are awesome too

[mikejasond]

Also he was this guy

[Strat]

This thread is about you finding new music though

[96583UP]

i am only going to try this once,

here you go:

[LetMeSleep]

[Kevin Davis]

Don Henley v Billy Joel? Who do you take?

I really love Bob Dylan's version of "End of the Innocence."

And I think I like "Boys of Summer" better than anything by Billy Joel.